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SIALKOT/ISLAMABAD: At least 11 civilians were killed and several others wounded on Friday during an exchange of fire between Indian and Pakistani border troops along the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir and Working Boundary in Sialkot's Charwah, Harpal, Chaprar and Sucheetgarh sectors.

According to a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), Indian Border Security Forces (BSF) personnel resorted to firing and shelling along the boundary.

Earlier reports suggested seven Pakistanis were killed in firing and shelling by Indian forces, however, the military's media wing has confirmed the number as eight.

Rangers sources said the attacks along the Sialkot Working Boundary have mostly harmed civilians, adding that livestock belonging to residents of the area has been killed, while houses have been partially damaged.

Meanwhile, Indian officials claimed firing by Pakistani border guards along the boundary in Kashmir left three Indian civilians dead and at least 16 wounded.

Both sides claim that the other side had opened fire first.

Simrandeep Singh, a local administrator on the Indian side, accused the Pakistani guards of unprovoked firing of small arms and mortars across the border in the R S Pura sector on Thursday night.

The Indian border guards returned fire, he said, adding that the injured Indian villagers have been evacuated to nearby hospitals.

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif expressed his concerns over firing on Working Boundary with India.

He also expressed condolence over loss of eight innocent lives and injuries to 47 others during the firing.

Indian envoy summoned

Indian High Commissioner TCA Raghawan was summoned at Foreign Office and strong protest was lodged with him over the working boundary violations by Indian Border Security Forces near Sialkot which resulted in the killing of civilians.

"Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry received the Indian envoy. He was conveyed Pakistan's protest and concern over continued LOC/working boundary violations," Foreign Office said in a statement.

Indian high commissioner was told that India has to honour ceasefire agreement of 2003 between the two countries.

Sartaj Aziz condemns Indian aggression

Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs and National Security Sartaj Aziz condemned the exchange of fire between Indian and Pakistani border troops along the LoC in Kashmir and Working Boundary.

“The government of Pakistan expresses concern at the continued ceasefire violations by India along the LOC and the Working Boundary,” said Aziz.

“We urge the Indian government to stop ceasefire violations along the LOC and the Working Boundary,” added Aziz.

Opposition lawmakers voice concern

Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan, Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain and opposition leader in the National Assembly Khursheed Shah condemned the recent round of civilian killings from Indian firing across the working boundary.

Condemning Indian firing that killed innocent Pakistanis, Imran observed that premier Modi's government had failed to “move towards peace.”

Altaf Hussain in a statement said Pakistan should respond to Indian firing befittingly and also urged Pakistan to take up the issue at United Nations, highlighting Indian ceasefire violations.

Khursheed Shah was of the view that India wanted to disrupt peace in the region. He said India seemed to be “underestimating the Pakistani nation's passion.” He said Pakistan was ready to enter the battlefield with the same spirit the country exhibited in the 1965 war.

Instances of firing across the Indo-Pak border have occurred intermittently over the years.

In the last instance of unprovoked Indian shelling in Sialkot's Sucheetgarh and Charwah sectors on Aug 18, 60-year-old Mohammad Shareef was killed when he was hit by a mortar shell.

The latest incident of firing comes days before India and Pakistan’s border security force chiefs are likely to meet in New Delhi.

The chiefs of the Pakistan Rangers and the Indian Border Security Force were to meet in New Delhi from Sept 9 to 13, a statement issued by the Pakistan Rangers had said.

The agenda for the meeting includes recent firing over the Line of Control, the de facto frontier in the divided Kashmir region, as well as cross-border smuggling, Pakistan Rangers spokesman Waheed Bukhari had said.

The developments come days after the first high-level peace talks in years between the two countries collapsed.

On Saturday, the first high-level peace talks in years between the two country's national security advisers were cancelled after a dispute over the agenda for those talks.

In December 2013, the two countries had pledged to uphold the 2003 ceasefire accord which had been left in tatters by repeated violations that year. The truce breaches had put the nascent bilateral peace dialogue on hold.

India and Pakistan have fought three wars since becoming independent nations in 1947, two of them over Kashmir, which both claim in full but rule in part.

New Delhi has for years accused Pakistan of backing separatist Muslim militants in Indian-held Kashmir. Pakistan denies the allegations and blames India for fomenting unrest inside Pakistan.

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Wish there was a better way to catch who started it first. Indians needs to realize its not the size that matter its how you use it.

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Avinash

Aug 28, 2015 09:16am

Indian media reports say that Pakistani shelling has killed four civilians this morning and BSF is retaliating..

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Indian

Aug 28, 2015 09:23am

@AXH the view from this side of the border is the same!

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romeo

Aug 28, 2015 09:32am

2 killed 17 injuried on the indian side

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Salman Hasan

Aug 28, 2015 09:34am

@INDIAN: How come all the unprovoked firing on the line of control, majority of the people got killed were Pakistanis. Show me how many Indians have been killed by Pakistan Rangers firing. This will prove who the aggressor is in the region.

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Ahmad

Aug 28, 2015 09:37am

Shameless!!!

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Valar Morghulis

Aug 28, 2015 09:39am

The more these things are escalating, the more I am likened to believe that India is thinking some mischief and Pakistan has to be extremely vigilant about them.

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saccha Insaan

Aug 28, 2015 09:49am

Hackneyed news. Everyone has already gotten over these news.

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Dove

Aug 28, 2015 09:51am

Military on both sides have to defend their existence!

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I am PAKISTAN

Aug 28, 2015 09:53am

INDIA the Only Exrenal Threat to Pakistan.

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Farhan

Aug 28, 2015 09:56am

Pakistan has already asked UN to investigate the violations made by India but India will never cooperate. Why? I am sure you all know the answer

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PEACE FOR ALL

Aug 28, 2015 09:57am

please stop this political and military might game both the countries your ego is killing innocent people on both the side.god bless there soul please stop and talk this is not the way.to earn political points and there personal motives and one up man ship on both the side.both are losers no one would win.for god sake come to your senses.

With all the due respect to all Pakistani and Indian brothers and sisters, don't you think it's time we all come to our senses and stop this blame game. We are hurting no one but ourselves. God bless us all!!

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Ayaz Munir

Aug 28, 2015 10:06am

India on the other hand criticizing Pakistan of killing 3 civilians, man when would these two countries get mature & avoid killing innocents in each others territory

For the sake of a piece of land( Kashmir), is it justice to kill innocent civilians on both sides of the border? Why men have become so low as to go to any extend to grab the land?

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C.K.

Aug 28, 2015 10:15am

In the Indian media... the reverse is the news !!

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sbk

Aug 28, 2015 10:15am

Nobody has fear for God. Greediness shadowing the vision.

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dshuman

Aug 28, 2015 10:15am

India is playing in Pak hands, remember Peace at Border only benefit India, escalations are Pak hope to make it a international dispute again.

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utopia

Aug 28, 2015 10:18am

its good that Pakistan is admitting the death of its citizens, when killed or found alive on the Indian side of the border, it denies their existence all together.

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sbk

Aug 28, 2015 10:21am

Which country is culprit here? Only God know the answer. But, the blame game will be played by both the sides. Civilians from both sides, please pray to God, to save themselves from being hit in the firings.

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Saifuddin Takhtawala

Aug 28, 2015 10:29am

Sanity shall prevail on the both side of the border. Why always a commonire pays the price for a political coagmire.

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Pakistani

Aug 28, 2015 10:36am

Cowards..

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NORI

Aug 28, 2015 10:39am

Someone is trying hard to scuttle any possible meeting between two PMs in New York during UN session.

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Rao

Aug 28, 2015 10:39am

My request to Indian and Pakistan Army Chiefs: Please have a meeting immediately & stop the firing which is killing women and children on both sides of Kashmir. Will you be able to return the lives of the deceased innocents to their family ? If your mother or wife or daughter is killed, how will you feel ? This is not the time to show your muscle and power, at the cost of common people, especially innocent women & kids.

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Ashutosh Mishra

Aug 28, 2015 10:41am

Three killed and twenty two injured by Pakistani troops on Indian side...

Let the kashmiris decide their own fate. If they want to merge with Pakistan then so be it. But the fact that India has to maintain an army rule in their held Kashmir mean that it is against the wishes of the Kashmiris.

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trrao

Aug 28, 2015 11:14am

@AXH Well another meeting is scheduled between India and Pakistan. This is what is expected. Since Pakistan intend to internationalize the issue which India is not bothered about bringing in third parties to anything in this matter.

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Rizwan

Aug 28, 2015 11:14am

@sagar I wish media on both sides was to be more professional and report the news from the other side too that may help change perceptions

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Sanjay

Aug 28, 2015 11:30am

@I am PAKISTAN : We Indians want Pakistan to be peaceful and prosperous.We thank you for saving India against the marauding Afghans.

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Raj

Aug 28, 2015 11:44am

4 Indian and 6 Pakistani person was killed in cross firing.both side will firing on border and let see who is working more effective on border.

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Rajeev

Aug 28, 2015 11:45am

Stop this madness please - both sides. Is this bravery? This is 21st Century.

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Basuki

Aug 28, 2015 11:49am

Poor people are being killed continuously on the both sides of the border.Instead of holding a joint meeting of the higher authorities both are blaming one another.

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P Setra

Aug 28, 2015 11:51am

@I am PAKISTAN Nothing new about that, as far as military is concerned. They have held that view for the last 70 years and frequently taken preemptive actions.

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Rao

Aug 28, 2015 11:52am

one sided story , both in Indian & Pakistan newspapers

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N.S

Aug 28, 2015 12:06pm

Shame on India...killing innocent people here. A very despicable act indeed.

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Acp Rathod

Aug 28, 2015 12:18pm

As home minister Rajnath singh has already said that india will never start firing, it will give only beffiting reply by retaliating strongly. period

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ruby

Aug 28, 2015 12:28pm

Why does'nt Pakistani media cover these stories fully. How did they die, who is left behind, what were their injuries, what were they doing at the time of the shelling. Pakistani media must make these stories more human so that people can relate to them rather than just giving a body count. Where are the names? Where are photos of the dead livestock? These stories need more flesh on the bones to make them real.

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Zak

Aug 28, 2015 12:33pm

India's border defensive structures are stronger and more extensive compared to Pakistan's, thanks to continuing infiltration and border violations over the years. Also, the Pakistani side of te border is more heavily populated compared to the Indian side. So, in any exchange of fire between the 2 sides, Pakistan has more to lose.

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Nomz

Aug 28, 2015 12:42pm

Let the UN intervene and monitor the situation, only than we shall know who the culprit is.
Hope India allows the third party intervention this time for the sake of it's civilians.

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Akram

Aug 28, 2015 12:54pm

how many more people have to die before there is joint patrolling of the area or the patrols are replaced by a neutral force. this waste of life is completely futile.

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I am PAKISTAN

Aug 28, 2015 01:13pm

Listen world, if you want peace in this region just let the Kashmiri people choose where they want to live. In this modern time, people have all the right to make a free choice. A peaceful solution of problem in line with UN resolution is the Only way forward.
India must know that.

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Abdul Basit

Aug 28, 2015 01:18pm

The United Nations observers should be posted along this border to observe, who is violating the peace.

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M.Saeed

Aug 28, 2015 01:48pm

This is going too far ! Why is it not possible to find who fires first???

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M.Saeed

Aug 28, 2015 01:49pm

@Indian : But, who fired first ? Science is not so helpless, not to establish.

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M.Saeed

Aug 28, 2015 01:50pm

@romeo : Why playing numbers game with corresponding number of people deprived their rights to live?

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SinghIsKing

Aug 28, 2015 01:51pm

The shelling happens each time proxies try to enter Indian Kashmir. Pakistan and India should put the Kashmir issue on hold for a while so they can peacefully discuss an out of the box solution that benefit Kasmiri people, Pakistan as well as India. The LOC should be made irrevant, the external Kasmiri borders should be monitored jointly by both coutries. Kashmir may be the place where both indians and pakistanis can meet together as tourists..

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M.Saeed

Aug 28, 2015 01:53pm

@Avinash : But timing of the reports on two sides tells the other story.

Afghanistan today renamed a key dam India helped rebuild after the "friendship" between the two nations, a rare recognition loaded with messages not just to New Delhi but also to Islamabad with which its relationship is diving amid stalled peace talks with the Taliban.

The almost complete Salma Dam in Afghanistan's eastern Herat province will now be called the Afghan-India Friendship Dam, President Ashraf Ghani's office declared today in a statement after a cabinet meet in Kabul.

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Sanyukta

Aug 28, 2015 02:09pm

Afghanistan today renamed a key dam India helped rebuild after the "friendship" between the two nations, a rare recognition loaded with messages not just to New Delhi but also to Islamabad with which its relationship is diving amid stalled peace talks with the Taliban.

The almost complete Salma Dam in Afghanistan's eastern Herat province will now be called the Afghan-India Friendship Dam, President Ashraf Ghani's office declared today in a statement after a cabinet meet in Kabul.

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AhmadJ

Aug 28, 2015 02:19pm

DG level meeting required without further delay in the name of humanity.

This happened on the border between North and South Korea for fifty years.

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Shaffiq

Aug 28, 2015 02:42pm

@Avinash Hindustani media should ask Hindustani government to bring back UNMOGIP. Then Hindustanis can be clear about the truth

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Arun

Aug 28, 2015 02:54pm

Ego and selfishness created scars of borders on the beautiful face of nature's Earth. We need border-less world.

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Iqbal Malik

Aug 28, 2015 02:56pm

Every other day a few Pakistanies are dying on our borders by the coward Indian army. I don't understand what our army is waiting for.

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Iqbal Malik

Aug 28, 2015 02:58pm

@Avinash you know indian media is not a free media like we have in Pakistan, Indian media is a spoke person of their government.

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Faisal

Aug 28, 2015 03:14pm

@Acp Rathod apparently there is huge difference between what he is saying and what he is doing

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s chatterjee

Aug 28, 2015 03:17pm

We are finding in the newspaper 'unprovoked firing from that side & vice versa' as sequel innocent persons are being killed and properties destroyed. Both side should be restrained as killing of innocent cannot be solution. Even before hanging a dreaded criminal legal measures are taken. I request all the leaders kindly resolve the issue amicably. Tomorrow (29 August) 'Raksha Bandhan' ( sisters tie colourful thread on wrist to brothers for his safety) and historical events reveal there are plethora of examples where Muslim kings accepted 'Rakhi' form ladies as 'sisterly' feeling and saved their 'Rakhi-sisters'. Hope, we will save each other as brother and sister, no 'firing this side or that side'.

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PEACE

Aug 28, 2015 03:20pm

in this mindless war games between two armies citizens are the casulty.May GOD give everyone wisdom to realise others pain.

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sana-1

Aug 28, 2015 03:33pm

@Zak We are ready to make any sacrifice for the welfare of our kashmiri brothers and sisters.

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Anwar

Aug 28, 2015 03:39pm

All purpose is to sabotage recent thrill in Kashmir freedom movement. Whenever our relationship with US-China And Russia start improving Indians start a war with us.

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M. Siddique

Aug 28, 2015 03:59pm

@AXH, Yes India is good for killing civilians. Remember it is Modi's speciality and expertise.

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Raghu

Aug 28, 2015 04:06pm

Kudos to dawn for an unbiased reporting something i almost miss from both the medias nowadays..

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cmh

Aug 28, 2015 04:07pm

Leaders on boht slide of LOC should respect human life and avoid madness.

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Khwaja

Aug 28, 2015 04:20pm

@Raza There will be no sincere efforts to do that. After all military mindset never let any civilians to analyze the situation. It is the famous problem of chicken and egg.

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Ali

Aug 28, 2015 04:33pm

Indian is provoking us.

It's time for Ghazwa-e-Hind

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Tahir

Aug 28, 2015 04:40pm

Think its time Pakistan taught the Indians a good lesson and ramped up retaliation across the length of the border.

Good time to bring forward the NASR battlefield missile system and target every single Indian border post.

We have less to lose than the Indians and we will quickly hit the Indian economy hard by just talking of war.

Now C can't be a strategic goal that we have 300+ violations in one year.. so it has to be either a or b..

Now, who is supposed to lose the max incase this escalates -
a. the one who has a better economy (world's third largest )
b. One who is trying to attract FDI big time to kickstart development ?
c. One who is struggling with its global reputation ?

give honest answers to these questions and you would logically conclude who is more likely to be the culprit in these clashes..

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Tariq

Aug 28, 2015 04:55pm

India should be taught a hard lesson so that their generation born yet will understand why there country was disintegrated from the face of the world

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Manu USA

Aug 28, 2015 05:01pm

Fighting, killing of innocents is not good. Pakistan n India are same blood.
Pls. stop. We should form federation to save money on weapons.
We should fight with common enemy called Poverty, corruption, n terrorism, n live like me n my Pakistani wife with understanding n respect.

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Pyarali Khoja

Aug 28, 2015 05:44pm

Stop this nonsense on both sides. Stop killing civilians .

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Ghaznavi

Aug 28, 2015 06:05pm

How hard is it to put monitoring sensors along the border to figure our who fired first? Probably US may already know it as the area is monitored by their satellites.

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MF

Aug 28, 2015 06:16pm

Remain balanced and showing correct picture is the essence of news which shows in Dawn news.
This news again depicts the balanced news reporting pattern of Dawn.

Shame on India.

Times of india is no less than pornographic website.....

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Dr. Tahir

Aug 28, 2015 06:40pm

Clearly India doesn't want the Pak Army to fight Zarb e Azb, that is why they are doing these ceasefire violations. They want the Army to focus on them rather than TTP. A shameful act by IA.

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Dev

Aug 28, 2015 06:42pm

@Farhan The very well known ploy!

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WaheedNoor

Aug 28, 2015 06:52pm

Is the war on without us knowing?

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BajrangiBhaijaan

Aug 28, 2015 06:58pm

Can't both countries just sit tight and get along ? Or military shall fight and end it for once and all but stop kill innocent citizens on both sides.

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sudhakar USA

Aug 28, 2015 06:59pm

@Raza : Pakistani's should be the last people on the earth talking about size. If you want a proof, look at Bangladesh, where the size has been cut to half :-)

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Raj

Aug 28, 2015 07:00pm

@salman This side a similar voice echos for Baluchis, FATA, Karachi, Sindh.

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Khurram Jadoon

Aug 28, 2015 07:00pm

Time to get rid of ONLY external threat for ever - go PAK ARMY!

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khara sach

Aug 28, 2015 07:02pm

11 civilian killed and not a single military casualty...is indian mortal gps guided that it only targets civilian and not soldiers?....something fishy

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sudhakar USA

Aug 28, 2015 07:02pm

@Abdul Basit : Yes, post them away on your side. As far as India is concerned, Per the Shimla agreement, 3rd parties do not have any role.

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gnr

Aug 28, 2015 07:05pm

From Pakistan perspective it looks like India is the offender. If you read Indian media, it's the exact same with Pakistan being the offender. After the NSA talks failure, Indian military warned that border violations by Pakistan was expected to mount and indeed it's true. No military is going to keep quite. Unfortunately we don't want innocents to die on either side.

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Ahmed Kashif Saeed

Aug 28, 2015 07:09pm

Without resolution of outstanding issues between two countries, there is no chance of peace. Majority of people in both the countries want peace but such tragic incidents and anti Pakistan movies are harmful in improving relations.

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WaheedNoor

Aug 28, 2015 07:14pm

It is always a statement by ISPR about these shelling. Never a report by a journalist visiting and interviewing the villagers affected. It is the same in northern parts. Our army claims after aerial bombing they killed 'x' no of 'suspected terrorists/miscreants'. These numbers are never verified. It is the same on Indian side too. Can Dawn send some journalists to our eastern borders to verify?

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John Cool

Aug 28, 2015 07:15pm

@Raza Its backed by both governments and their intelligence's.To them it is just a political maneuver .So it is up to to the people of both sides ,who are desperate for peace,needs to understand that their power centres are complicit in this destructive posturing. Don't believe your own politician and manipulated media and use your own resorces and intelligence to assess the truth.

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John Cool

Aug 28, 2015 07:17pm

@I am PAKISTAN And visa-versa.

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gaurav

Aug 28, 2015 07:17pm

@AXH serioussly !!... I don't know whome to believe. this is the first time I am opening pakistans newspaper. I see the same statements as Indian newspaper. the difference is they report violations are done by pakistan rangers. whoever bullet hits ,a human dies , whether its indian or pakistani. Idk whose fault is this but officials must have done the meeting and must have settled these cross border firings. This must stop. every week a lot of people die due to egoes of the leaders. This must stop.

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John Cool

Aug 28, 2015 07:18pm

@Farhan No we don't .Please enlighten us.

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JHK

Aug 28, 2015 07:24pm

Keep on blaming each other. While 11 families lost their lived ones on both sides of the border. And i still dont understand the concept of " unprovoked firing ". People who died were not indians or pakistanies. They were humans / probably trying to earn so they can put food infront of their kids. Their fault ! They live in that area.
Its really depressing to see people blaming each other , and not even a single word of sympathy for the families

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Ashamed Pakistani

Aug 28, 2015 07:34pm

Timing is very odd (operation against mqm and ppp is getting momentum)

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Manni

Aug 28, 2015 07:42pm

Both Ind and Pak are finding reasons to justify firings. It doesn't matter anymore who started it. Please understand the pain of the families when someone close to them dies. Please STOP.

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Salim Khan

Aug 28, 2015 07:47pm

I always wonder why is that we always get the highest casualties and very rarely does Indians are killed by our military ? Either we are weak or we are disadvantaged.
In such scenario wise thing is to talk with India and find a solution. We can't cling to grandstanding as its proving very costly for Pakistan.

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paatchu

Aug 28, 2015 07:53pm

@salman KASHMiris already decided their fate!.. This is their fate..Unfortunately.

This is all politically motivated.
What is the point of retaliation? The side that doesnt retaliate can get international pressure placed on the other country by showing the damage on their side.

Leaderships at both sides want to keep this drama going to shift focus away from internal issues.

Unfortunately the passionate and patriotic awaam falls for this every single time..

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Sarwat

Aug 28, 2015 08:06pm

Why can't we citizens of India and Pakistan force our governments to stop this non-sense?

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Mr ind

Aug 28, 2015 08:06pm

@Anwar Indians believes in peace

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M Jamal

Aug 28, 2015 08:09pm

The dead will not return and injured will face the sufferings.It's better we stop this bloodshed.Nobody will be winner in the end.We have to talk and sort out issues.

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Suresh

Aug 28, 2015 08:13pm

Only innocent people on both sides paying the heavy price. It may possible, militants start firing to give cover other militants to cross the border, and military may think other side military firing and start all the havoc. Both side military should talk and sort out the issue instead of firing at each other, waste money and lively hood of innocent peoples. Only by firing at each other you making the other happy who do not want to see both of us prosperous and happy.

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Asad Alam

Aug 28, 2015 08:22pm

Time for the fourth and final war - long over due.

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Que

Aug 28, 2015 08:39pm

If WAR is what you want India; then WE will tear you apart!!
There is no mercy this time; enough is enough!!!

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Waheed

Aug 28, 2015 08:40pm

They are all dirty like hollywood to same bollywood now provking the minds of indians by movies against Pakistan, the master mind behind is same Wolf.

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AhmadJ

Aug 28, 2015 08:43pm

Why is UN Secy Gen not publishing the reports submitted by its observers? Is he trying to hide Indian crimes against humanity? Why do we not go directly to the Security Council?

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hamza khan

Aug 28, 2015 08:57pm

@sudhakar USA we can do the same thing to you...assam and khalisstan are waiting for us to rip them apart, and lets not even get started on kashmir. now go eat your veggies little boy

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Pakistani

Aug 28, 2015 09:57pm

India is trying desperately to provoke Pakistan so that Army's attention can be diverted from the absolutely necessary cleansing it is currently doing inside the country. A cleansed Pakistan means a strong Pakistan and that is something India does not like. But InshaAllah, their dirty little designs will not succeed.

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Rohit Sharma

Aug 28, 2015 10:27pm

India has lost 3 civilians by Pakistan firing. This is a strong reply by India for violation by Pakistan

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D C JOSHI

Aug 28, 2015 10:43pm

In Pakistan the army rules.The civilian Govt.,including the elected P.M.is under their thumb.
Till such time the intelligentsia and the people of Pakistan do not rise against the military dispensation,the peace with its neighbours,whether Afghanistan,Iran or India will continue to be a chimera.
The intelligentsia should go around the world and discover themselves as to how many countries (including the Muslim countries)genuinely support the policies of Pakistan.

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Bin Adam

Aug 28, 2015 11:10pm

If two next door neighbors' heads of the families due sheer lack of prudent leadership instead of falling prey to the vested interest evil souls of hatred and division, will chose to remain at daggers drawn instead of harmonious neighborly relations, who will suffer their policies of hostilities? Their own family members. The Civilian and Uniformed Leaderships of both the neighbor countries may please understand that the peaceful present and future of their people lies in friendly relations through amicable dialogues and not by cross border killings of innocent, helpless and already terrorized people of God, their herds of animals and destruction of their homes both sides. My heart goes with both sides victims of this unabated madness as apart from political boundaries and division people of both sides are beloved children of the same soil and equally dearer to the motherland and their Creator Lord.

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Ridwan

Aug 29, 2015 12:16am

Look how our papers carry both sides of the story - and mention how both sides accuse each other of unprovoked firing. This level of maturity and objectivity is absolutely missing from indian media, who present their own allegations as pure fact, and never mention Pakistans own version of events. Kudos to Dawn!

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Truth

Aug 29, 2015 12:24am

I'm starting to think India wants a war with Pakistan. You do realize if you start a war with Pak it will just leave both of our countries in turmoil. You know dogs usually attack when they feel threatened and scared. I'm sure working the border is a very stressful job. I'm positive both sides are secretly scared of each other , but we at least have to ask ourselves this question; Are we dogs or are we men?

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Abdul

Aug 29, 2015 12:32am

India is applying her efforts to divert the attention of its Pakistan from Karachi and Balochistan crises

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Pakistani

Aug 29, 2015 12:58am

Who shoots first the Rangers or the BSF. Both India and Pakistan claim that the other started it!!!!

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Guest246

Aug 29, 2015 02:36am

Deaths were first reported on our side yesterday,I made sure to check and came here at that time but there was no mention of any firing while on our side 3 deaths had already been reported,its clear we just responded today with more intensity